ReX Express Routes: OA10 Coliseum Oakland Circle BK10 Berkeley Alameda PA10 Palo Alto Berkeley Benicia DD10 San José Diridon El Cerrito del Norte PA20 Palo Alto Warm Springs Vallejo DD20 San José Diridon El Cerrito del Norte PK10 Park Presidio Oakland Circle DD30 San José Diridon Mosswood SF10 SFO Coliseum MN10 San Rafael West Dublin SF20 SFO Berkeley ReX MN20 San Rafael El Cerrito del Norte SF30 SFO Vallejo BAY AREA REGIONAL San Rafael SF TransBay SF TransBay Willow EXPRESS TRANSIT NETWORK MN30 TB20 Martinez MV10 Mountain View Willow TB30 SF TransBay San Ramon Richmond Pkwy
Contra Costa College
SAN PABLO El Cerrito VA Martinez San Rafael del Norte
Point Pullman Diablo Vly Richmond Downtown Berkeley College Larkspur (Lucky Dr) Willow Corte Madera (Paradise Dr) Berkeley MLK Strawberry (Tiburon Wye) Sproul Plaza Concord Seminary Dr Dwight & College Sausalito (Spencer Ave) Downtown Elmwood Pleasant Emeryville Claremont Hill Rockridge Parkside Golden Gate Cal Arts Bridge MacArthur Marina Columbus SF TransBay Clayton Mosswood Walnut Creek Presidio Mount Diablo Kaiser WC Park Presidio Uptown 29th St Judah St San Pablo & Adeline Grand Zuckerberg Noriega St Oakland Ave Portola Taraval St 19th St Alamo Sloat Blvd Old Oakland Lakeshore Stonestown Beaumont Snow Danville SFSU 12th St Park Lower Dimond Daly City High St Commodore ALAMEDA San Ramon Transit Ctr Jack Oakland SFO London Sq Chinatown San Ramon Serramonte Eastmont Coliseum East Oakland OAKLAND AIRPORT Las Positas Skyline College College
Hayward Park Southland Kaiser San Castro West Dublin / SAN MATEO HAYWARD Leandro Valley Pleasanton Hacienda Charro El Positas Las College of San Mateo Hayward FOSTER Livermore CITY Chabot College Union Landing San Mateo Medical Ctr CSUEB REDWOOD Sleepy Hollow SHORES Kaiser Union City PLEASANTON LEGEND Redwood City North Rose & Main
Newark ReX Hub FACEBOOK Ohlone College Major Station Palo Alto Major Arterial Station Tesla Warm Springs Transit Center East Palo Alto GOOGLEPLEX Cowper SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE ACE CALIFORNIA’S Charleston GREAT LEVI’S STADIUM STANFORD U AMERICA Bay Ferry Computer History Mus Version 2.3 NASA/AMES BART Terra Bella North Santa Clara Mission College © 2019 by Capital Corridor SJC Caltrain Mountain View MUNI Light Rail Mineta San Jose Lawrence Stn International Airport SMART Train Los Altos SUNNYVALE VTA Light Rail VA Koreatown San Pedro Sq Palo SANTA CLARA U ReXlink Corridors APPLE SJSU (note: only a small Alto Almaden subset of ReXlink Cupertino Bascom stations are indicated Downtown on this map; greater San Jose detail is available in the ReX report) Winchester San Jose Diridon De Anza College Cupertino Civic Ctr TRANSFORM Press Release: REGIONAL EXPRESS (REX) TRANSIT NETWORK WOULD DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE BAY AREA TRANSPORTATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 17, 2019 Contact: Edie Irons, [email protected], 510-334-1344
OAKLAND, CA - Today TransForm released the details behind their groundbreaking proposal for a Regional Express (ReX) Transit Network to help address the Bay Area’s transportation problems. The ReX Network would provide frequent service using freeway express lanes with travel times faster than driving at peak hours and clean, attractive stations.
“ReX is the transportation solution the Bay Area has been waiting for, and it’s within our reach,” said Chris Lepe, Regional Policy Director at TransForm. “It will fill the gaps and improve connections in our current transportation system so that many more people can take transit to many more places quickly, conveniently, and affordably. This is the level of creativity needed to deal with the magnitude of our transportation, equity, and climate crises.”
The ReX Transit Network is designed to provide the kind of transit service that research shows people — both current and potential riders — want.
Fast travel times - faster than driving a solo vehicle at peak times. Frequent service - no need to look at a schedule! ReX Express Routes operate every 5 minutes during peak hours and 10 minutes off-peak. Convenient locations - Many ReX stations are integrated with other transit stations (making transfers easy), and are also near jobs, shopping, medical centers, colleges, and more — including destinations not well served by existing rapid or regional transit. Clean, safe, attractive facilities - Station design emphasizes protection from the elements and moving vehicles, with Hubs also offering retail and food options. The ReX concept stemmed from a joint proposal from TransForm and SPUR to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to rethink the future our our highways. It was one of six “Transformative Transportation Projects” chosen by MTC as part of its Horizon initiative for study and potential inclusion in Plan Bay Area 2050. TransForm’s 200- page report, ReX: Connecting the Bay Area with a Regional Express Transit Network, describes the transit element that emerged from the Horizon proposal in detail.
There is strong demand for regional express transit service in the Bay Area.
SamTrans recently expanded its express bus service on Highway 101, which practically exceeded ridership expectations overnight. AC Transit’s Transbay service has seen a 25% increase in ridership over the last five years. According to MTC’s Shuttle Census, 35 private shuttle operators carried over 9.6 million passengers in 2014 alone. Taken as a whole, these private shuttles would represent the Bay Area’s seventh largest transit system in terms of ridership. Unlike these express bus services though, ReX is designed to be a truly integrated regional network, including rail-like vehicles and stations with local connections and fast, reliable service built on a proposed expanded network of express lanes.
According to MTC’s Managed Lanes Implementation Survey, 45% of the Bay Area commuters surveyed said they would use an express bus if it was five minutes faster than driving. If it was ten minutes faster, 55% said they would. The ReX system would exceed those time savings at peak hours. For example, a trip from the East Palo Alto ReX Hub to the Oakland Coliseum station would take 44 minutes during peak hours, more than twice as fast as a typical commute by car today. A trip to the Cupertino station from the Palo Alto Hub would take 22 minutes on ReX, compared to 65 minutes in today’s typical traffic.
ReX can be implemented relatively cost effectively, quickly, and flexibly, with improvements phased in based on demand, feasibility, political will, and other factors. Next steps for ReX include MTC’s modeling and assessment for Plan Bay Area 2050, potential inclusion in a regional transportation funding measure on the ballot as early as 2020, and a multi-faceted outreach process across the region to get input from potential riders, destinations, transit agencies, local governments, and other stakeholders.
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Quotes and contact info from stakeholders around the Bay Area who are prepared to discuss ReX are available upon request. Contact Edie Irons at [email protected].
See the four-page overview of the ReX concept: http://bit.ly/ReX-summary See the ReX Map: http://bit.ly/ReX-map See the full report to MTC: http://bit.ly/ReX-report See the executive summary: http://bit.ly/ReX-execsummary On Thursday morning October 17, all ReX materials will be available at http://transformca.org/ReX